the 1700g stingray reef
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i was using a cannon rebel to take these pictures. but i was so awe struck that i didnt take the time to do a proper job with the pictures. im hoping i can bring my tripod over there and get some better pictures. its hard to take your time when you are having brain overload. im still in a state of shock over the shear size and scope of this eco system. i feel he has tried to mimic the natural reef in every posible way. he has animals in his reef that most people have peoblems keeping. but the size of his system and the diversity of it allows him to have these amazing animals.Labman48076 said:
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i plan to take a trip back there in the next couple of weeks. when i do, i plan to take alot more pictures of his system and try and answer some of these questions.nbd13 said:
one of the animals i saw there looked like a chucumber but its not. it does not do very well in an aquarium but he is able to keep 6 of them in his system. its the food they need to survive. and because his system is so big it can grow enough food to support these awesome looking animals. he could house morish idols too but he is growing his sponges out as a natural filtering system. the sponges are in there own tank in the fish room. so he decided not to get any moris idols. there is a pipe fish in the main display that looks like it will explode at any second its so fat. it was crusing around eating off the rocks. most people couldnt support a pipe fish in there main display because of the lack of food. they need lots of it. i think he could have 5-6 pipe fish if he wanted. there are so many awesome spices of wrasse in the tank that it makes my head spin. im a huge wrasse lover and he has 3 types of wrasse that i have never seen.
there are very few common fish in his system. i did see a cbb and a lawnmower blenny, but for the most part all the fish are uncommon to most reef tanks. even his regal tang is a rare spices of regal. i think he called it a yellow striped regal. if you look at his belly it has a yellow stripe on it. i have never seen one of those either.
i know that pictures are worth a thousand words and in this instance i dropped the ball big time! the more i think about this system and the more i look at the poor quality pictures i took, the more i feel im not giving this system the recpect it diserves.
to the owner of the stingray reef . i promise to do alot better job next time i come over there. i think then the shock will be less and i can concentrate on better picture taking.
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thanks sounds good, i saw that Gem tang too, is he in quartine i take it?
that fish alone is amazing, do you know where he picked that up at?
also that black tang, any idea where he go that?
do you know if he gets most of his corals/fish/live stock online or locally?
thanks again! cant wait to see more pics in a couple weeks!
Nick
that fish alone is amazing, do you know where he picked that up at?
also that black tang, any idea where he go that?
do you know if he gets most of his corals/fish/live stock online or locally?
thanks again! cant wait to see more pics in a couple weeks!
Nick
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that gem tank is not in quarintine. thats the sponge tank he is in. i think he is afraid to add him to the main displya untill he grows a little bit. he cam in a little small so he might get beat up in the big tank. im not positive about that though. i do know he is health and eats like a pig.nbd13 said:
i think he gets most of his fish on line but im not sure where. i do know he has some specal places he shops at. i think most of it is ressearching the fish that he wants then getting the different places to aquire them for him. but im not positive on that either.
i was there for 2 1/2 hrs and it felt like 10 mins. the shock of seeing the stingray reef is still with me today. its that amazing. i plan to get a pen and paper and write down all the different names of animals in his system. and even that will be incomplete. there was animals going in and out of the rock the entire time i was there. only a video camera could capture all the livestock.
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if there is some one who could help me with the hosting and linking of the video i will ask the owner of the stingray reef if i can take video and post it on the web. i just dont want to assume its ok to post video, i want to ask him first. then we can go from there.eriksmacks said:there you go, next time bring the video camera then post that on the net for us to watch
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he has a specal feeding tube he uses to feed the stingray. his entire rock structure is built together and wont come apart. that is one of the amazing things about his design. the rocks are lifted up and supported so the fish can travle through out the reef and find many hiding places. i think thats why his animals look so healthy and happy. they dont have as much stress as fish do in smaller tanks. suprisingly there is not alot of fish in his system. but the ones he does have are big and beautiful.nbd13 said:
if i remnbe right he said there is 1200 lbs of live rock in the tank and alot of hand built sturctures that are half live rock and half man made stuff. when you look at the rock work you can tell what he built and what is natural live rock.
by the way to give you an idea of size this tank, it weighs in at a slim 14 tons! my semi tractor weighs less than his reef tank.
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